Aluminum foil to insulate Gas Grill

[Xtra Crispy]

If I wrapped the inside of my gas grill cover with alum foil,  would that insulate and keep more heat in ?

Any side-effects ?

Thanks,

Xtra Crispy

[TXCraig1]

I doubt it would have a meaningful impact.

[Tscarborough]

Wrap your hand in tinfoil then stick it into a flame.  That will provide your answer.

[Tscarborough]

But please don't actually do that, the answer is both painful and "No".

[Jet_deck]

Your best bet is to follow the design that Scott123 already recommend.  Dr. Scotty is hard core pizza.  I have met the man and the legend.  He doesn't stray far from the truth. Although we dissagre on the BEST NY slice, his thoughts are usually above the 98th percentile. 

[Don K]

I think that a better term would be reflect, not insulate. It will reflect some heat, but I suspect that most will conduct right through.

[TXCraig1]

But please don't actually do that, the answer is both painful and "No".

[barryvabeach]

Xtra, not sure what your goal is.  Scott is certainly the expert.  If you are concerned about the heat loss when you open the hood to load and unload,  I had some success last year with making a small block, so that I could prop the hood open 2 or 3 inches to load and unload.  It was much better than when you open the hood all the way and let out all the heat.  OTOH, you would get better results if you put in a source to capture and reflect the heat, like a stone, a few inches above the pizza stone.

[Xtra Crispy]

barryvabeach, excellent idea.....I like it.

 

[Jet_deck]

Xtra, not sure what your goal is.  Scott is certainly the expert.  If you are concerned about the heat loss when you open the hood to load and unload,  I had some success last year with making a small block, so that I could prop the hood open 2 or 3 inches to load and unload.  It was much better than when you open the hood all the way and let out all the heat.  OTOH, you would get better results if you put in a source to capture and reflect the heat, like a stone, a few inches above the pizza stone.

yep, heat loves a place to go.  Pizza loves air flow over the top.